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[…] only 67 orders to intercept “computer[s] or email (electronic)” reflecting that “law enforcement agencies rarely engage in real -time interception of internet communications …. [I]t is often cheaper and easier for them to do it after the fact rather than in real -time”). 372 But see In re Ap plication , 534 F. Supp. […]

[…] is deliberately addressing its privacy -utility tradeoffs through the implementation of differential privacy mechanisms. Disallowing such queries represents a meanin gful sacrifice of utility. For example, an airline presently cannot target an advertisement for discount fares from RDU to LAX to Raleigh -Durham area Facebook users who have 10 or more friends in Los […]

[…] average costs when the personal information they rely on for revenue is generated or, more specifically, digitized by the consumer . Information is costly to produce and cheap to reproduce. Microsoft, for example, spends a great deal to produce new versions of its Office Suite, which includes the popular programs Word and Excel. The […]

[…] or will likely hav e for the foreseeable future. 2.2 Prejudice Emrys Westacott has claimed that machines can be fa irer than people. “Highway police issuing speeding tickets, being human, are unlikely to be completely consistent and impartial. Their decisions may be affected by the race, sex, class, age, appearance, and manner of the […]

[…] liquidated damages, plus punitive damages and attorneys’ fees where appropriate. 24 Courts applyin g the VPPA have read it broadly . In Amazon.com v. Lay , the North Carolina Department of Revenue demanded as part of a tax investigation that Amazon.com reveal “all information for all sales to customers with a North Carolina shipping […]

[…] any other duty of care between a bank and its borrowers, absent a showing of malice or bad faith.‖). In Bartell, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of N ew York dismissed claims of breach of fiduciary duty and breach of an implied duty of confidentiality against a bank because the plaintiffs […]

[…] in the ongoing Fourth Amendment discourse. It is currently fiercely debated in the context of location -based data — especially that which can be collected by mobile phone operators. For instance, in a c ontroversial opinion, the D.C. Circuit chose to restrict governmental collection of location -based data over a long time period while […]

[…] (holding that emp loyers violate section 8(a)(1) if employer s engage in activities that chill their employees ’ freedom to exercise section 7 rights); Konop v. Hawaiian Airlines, Inc., 302 F.3d 868, 884 (9th Cir. 2002) (determining that employer surveillance often causes emp loyees to refrain from exercising their rights under federal labor law […]

Privacy and the Smart Grid: How to Address Consumer Concerns Without Jeopardizing the Growth of the Grid A web conference, Tuesday, April 13, 2010, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM Eastern Click here or call 888-471-4447 (+1-301-769-6804) to register! YOUR PRESENTERS: Lillie Coney, Associate Director, Electronic Privacy Information Center Annabelle Lee, Senior Cybersecurity Strategist, Computer […]

[…]   A.  Self Verification  a.  The site asks the user in a neutral way what his  or her birth date is, and if the user is  underage, a session cookie is placed in their brows er preventing access for the duration  of their web browsing session.  i.  Self-verification of this sort is the standard i n the USA, where the Children’s  Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) requires all  web sites which collect   personally identifiable information (PII) of childr en to obtain verifiable parental  consent. Sites that are not aimed at children that  collect personal information  may rely on the neutral age screen to ensure that u sers are adults. And, as noted  in the DG Infosoc report 1, self-verification is the technique favored by man y adult  web sites and social networking sites in Europe.  ii.  Advantages :  Cheap and easy to implement.   iii.  Concerns : Easy for people to lie.   1 See Information Society & Media Directorate-General (DG Infosoc): Background Report on Cross Media Rat ing and Classification, and Age Verification Solutions, p.18 […]